A Utah state legislator, upset at the wide release of a squad-car video of a Utah State Trooper using a TASER as a compliance tool instead of its intended use as a defensive weapon, has proposed a novel solution to prevent further videos of alleged police misconduct from becoming YouTube hits as well.
Senator Chris Buttars is sponsoring SB260, which "would allow for police to withhold misconduct reports from the public." He's also unhappy at how "currently, non-criminal reports can be used in court to discredit police testimony".
There. Problem solved. Just never let those pesky videos see the light of day, and the police will never again have to answer for anything. We'll keep taping the living heck out of the peasants, though, because it provides such good evidence.
Unbelievably,
"Supporters of the bill believe that police misconduct should be kept secret from the public so to not discredit police testimony." (emphasis mine)
Because, you know, cops never lie on the stand, or conduct themselves unprofessionally or even criminally, and they should never in any way be challenged, as we all know that the police are superhuman and can do no wrong.
I hope that more responsible Utah legislators realize that sunlight is the best disinfectant, and quickly put this bill in the round file where it belongs.
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2 comments:
This blog must have a LOT of juice. He pulled his bill.
Nice catch.
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